John D Chisum  
Descendants of John D. Chisholm
 

Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN D. CHISHOLM died 1818.  He married (1) ELIZABETH SIMS, daughter of IGNATIUS SIMS.    He married (2) MARTHA HOLMES.    He married (3) PATSY BROWN 1797.

Notes for JOHN D. CHISHOLM:
John Chisholm was involved in the Blount Conspiracy in which the Gov. of Tennessee was plotting to conquer Florida from the Spanish and turn
it into a new colony.  Chisholm was closely involved and there are many papers documenting his activities.  Chisholm states in a deposition that
his father was living in Charleston at the time of the American Revolution, but no clear records have been found about Chisholms parents or origins.
I suspect he was born in Scotland and his father was in the colonies briefly. In the "life of William Blount" by Marcus J. Wright, page 66, is given
a copy of the sworn testimony of the impeachment of William Blount before the U. S. Senate. We copy the following:
"This was to be sent to England to the British Ministry there and to whom from the Ministry, if it arrived at Philedelphia, was to be sent to Knoxville,
to Captain Chisholm, or, if he was not there, to Ig. Chisholm, the Captain's son."
We quote further:
"Chisholm (the Captain) tried to get Brown, who is the brother of his Indian wife, to go with him to England."
This settles by sworn testimony at the time, two facts:
First: That Ig. (Ignatius) Chisholm  was the son of Captain John Chisholm;
Second: That in 1797 Captain John Chisholm had an Indian wife whose father's name was Brown.

More About JOHN D. CHISHOLM:
Immigration: 1777, South Carolina
Left for England.: May 1797, between 55 and 60.

Notes for ELIZABETH SIMS:
widow of William /Fauling/

Notes for PATSY BROWN:
Sister to Cherokee leader, Richard Brown

Children of JOHN CHISHOLM and ELIZABETH SIMS are:
 i. IGNATIUS CHISHOLM, b. Tennessee, USA; d. 1837.
 ii. DEBORAH CHISHOLM.
 iii. ELIZABETH CHISHOLM, m. JOHN SOMMERVILLE, May 20, 1794.
iv. ELIJAH CHISHOLM.

Children of JOHN CHISHOLM and MARTHA HOLMES are:
 v. JAMES CHISHOLM.
 vi. JOSEPH CHISHOLM.
 vii. DENNIS CHISHOLM.
 viii. ISAAC CHISHOLM.
 ix. THOMAS CHISHOLM, b. 1790; d. November 1834, Beatte's Prarie.
 

Generation No. 2

2.  IGNATIUS CHISHOLM (JOHN D.) was born in Tennessee, USA, and died 1837.  He married (1) ? (CORN TASSLE'S SISTER), daughter of OLD TASSLE ?.  She died in YES.  He married (2) MARTHA ROGERS, daughter of CHARLES ROGERS.

Children of IGNATIUS CHISHOLM and ? are:
 i. JESSE CHISHOLM, b. East Tennessee, USA.; d. March 04, 1868.
 ii. JOHN CHISHOLM.
 iii. WILLIAM R. CHISHOLM, b. 1821; d. February 18, 1896.

Children of IGNATIUS CHISHOLM and MARTHA ROGERS are:
 iv. NELSON CHISHOLM.
v. MARTHA CHISHOLM, b. 1812.
 vi. GEORGE CHISHOLM, b. 1814.

3.  ELIJAH CHISHOLM (JOHN D.)

More About ELIJAH CHISHOLM:
Occupation: Medical Doctor

Child of ELIJAH CHISHOLM is:
 i. MORRIS CHISHOLM.

4.  THOMAS CHISHOLM (JOHN D.) was born 1790, and died November 1834 in Beatte's Prarie.  He married (2) MARTHA WHARTON.

Notes for THOMAS CHISHOLM:
Became a Third Chief of the Western Cherokee

Child of THOMAS CHISHOLM and 1ST wife is:
 i. MORRIS CHISHOLM.

Children of THOMAS CHISHOLM and MARTHA WHARTON are:
 ii. MARTHA CHISHOLM.
 iii. JANE CHISHOLM.
 iv. ALFRED FINNEY CHISHOLM, d. 1862.
 v. WILLIAM WHARTON CHISHOLM.
 vi. NARCISSA CHISHOLM.
 vii. THOMAS CHISHOLM.
 

Generation No. 3

5.  JESSE CHISHOLM (IGNATIUS, JOHN D.) was born in East Tennessee, USA., and died March 04, 1868.  He married (2) NANNIE BOWLES.    He married (3) ELIZABETH EDWARDS 1836, daughter of JAMES EDWARDS.    He married (4) SAH-KAH-KEE MCQUEEN 1847.

Notes for ELIZABETH EDWARDS:
James Edwards married a Creek Indian and had at least two daughters:
Eliza, who married Jesse Chisholm , and Lucinda. Lucinda, born in 1823,
developed quite a business instinct and was a trader to a certain degree;
it seems that she bought a negro slave named Sambo from her brother-in-law
at one time. Elizabeth Edwards and Jesse Chisholm were married about 1836
and lived with James Edwards for some time as Jesse was busy with his
trading expeditions, peace journeys and as a guide. As a peacemaker and
pathfinder, he was an expert. Jesse Chisholm and his wife, Eliza Edwards
Chisholm had two sons: one, Frank, familiarly known as Jepee, who was on
the Great Exodus and spent part of the time of the Civil War with his
father at the Arkansas River on the Chisholm Creek, now in the town of
Wichita. He returned to the Indian Country during the Civil War, drifted
west, and has never been heard of since. He left no issue.

Notes for SAH-KAH-KEE MCQUEEN:
Mother Creek?

Children of JESSE CHISHOLM are:
 i. VINCENTE DE DEMENCIO, d. 1917.
ii. JACKSON
 iii. MAZIMO.
 iv. GUADALUPE.
 v. CEDRA CANALES.
 vi. MARIANA FRANSITO.

Children of JESSE CHISHOLM and NANNIE BOWLES are:
 xiii. JOHN CHISHOLM.
 xiv. GEORGE CHISHOLM.

Child of JESSE CHISHOLM and ELIZABETH EDWARDS is:
xv. WILLIAM EDWARDS CHISHOLM, b. September 15, 1837, Tallasee Town; d. November 19, 1880.

Children of JESSE CHISHOLM and SAH-KAH-KEE MCQUEEN are:
 xvi. LUCINDA CHISHOLM, m. WHITE TURKEY.
 xvii. ? CHISHOLM.
 xviii. ? CHISHOLM.
 xix. JENNIE CHISHOLM, b. 1848.
 xx. FRANK (JESSE) CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1855.
xxi. MARY CHISHOLM, b. Abt. 1867.

6.  JOHN CHISHOLM   He married POLLY.

Children of JOHN CHISHOLM and POLLY are:
 i. TOBY CHISHOLM, b. 1842.
 ii. NANCY CHISHOLM, b. 1848.
 iii. BETSY CHISHOLM, b. 1850.
 iv. DAVID CHISHOLM, b. 1852.
 v. JANE CHISHOLM, b. 1854.
 vi. JAMES CHISHOLM, b. 1857.
 vii. THOMAS CHISHOLM, b. 1859.
 viii. ELIZABETH CHISHOLM, b. 1862.
 ix. LEWIS CHISHOLM, b. 1866.

7.  WILLIAM R. CHISHOLM was born 1821, and died February 18, 1896.  He married SARAH CAMPBELL.

Children of WILLIAM CHISHOLM and SARAH CAMPBELL are:
 i. JESSE CHISHOLM.
 ii. JACOB CHISHOLM.
 iii. JOHN CHISHOLM.
 iv. MARY CHISHOLM.
 v. SARAH CHISHOLM.
 vi. ELLEN CHISHOLM.
 vii. ELIZABETH CHISHOLM, b. October 20, 1841, USA; d. October 10, 1926.

8.  MARTHA CHISHOLM was born 1812.  She married DAVID BIGGS.

Children of MARTHA CHISHOLM and DAVID BIGGS are:
 i. DEWITT CLINTON BIGGS, b. 1830; d. February 15, 1908, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA.
 ii. BENJAMIN BIGGS, b. 1834.
 iii. MARGARET A. BIGGS, b. 1836.
 iv. MARY JANE BIGGS, b. 1836.
 v. JOHN DUNCAN BIGGS, b. January 27, 1841, Arkansas, USA; d. February 24, 1919, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA; m. LOUISA LEAH SEE; b. 1843; d. 1931.
 vi. DAVID BIGGS, b. 1842.
 vii. JACQUELINA BIGGS, b. May 09, 1844; d. September 06, 1887, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ, USA; m. SAMUEL HOUSTON KING, April 01, 1860, Visalia, Tulare Co., CA, USA; b. 1836; d. 1915.
 viii. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BIGGS, b. 1846.
 ix. NARCISSA BIGGS, b. February 06, 1849, Cherokee Co., Texas, USA; d. August 10, 1918, Morgan Hill, Santa Clara Co., CA, USA; m. JACOB SEE21, September 11, 1862, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA; b. 1845; d. 1918.

9.  MORRIS CHISHOLM

Child of MORRIS CHISHOLMis:
19. i. CLARENCE CHISHOLM.

10.  NARCISSA CHISHOLM   She married ROBERT L. OWEN.
Occupation: U. S. Senator.

Children of NARCISSA CHISHOLM and ROBERT OWEN are:
 i. WILLIAM O. OWEN.
 ii. ROBERT L. OWEN.
 
 
 

Generation No. 4

12.  JACKSON CHISHOLM.  He married (2) SAH-KAH-KEE MCQUEEN.    He married (3) CADDO WOMAN.

Children of JACKSON CHISHOLM and SAH-KAH-KEE MCQUEEN are:
 i. SALLIE CHISHOLM.
 ii. WILLIAM CHISHOLM.

Child of JACKSON  and CADDO is:
 iii. CHARLIE CHISHOLM.

13.  JOHN CHISHOLM

Child of JOHN CHISHOLMis:
 i. JOSEPH CHISHOLM, m. MARY MURPHY.

14.  WILLIAM EDWARDS CHISHOLM  was born September 15, 1837 in Tallasee Town, and died November 19, 1880.  He married (1) HESTER BUTLER.    He married (2) JULIA ANN MCLISH January 10, 1863, daughter of GEORGE MCLISH and GINNY COLBERT.  She was born 1846, and died August 30, 1883.

Child of WILLIAM CHISHOLM and HESTER BUTLER is:
 i. CAROLINE CHISHOLM.

Children of WILLIAM CHISHOLM and JULIA MCLISH are:
 ii. ELIZA E. CHISHOLM, b. March 29, 1864, Oklahoma, USA; d. February 18, 1886.
 iii. ANGELINE CHISHOLM, b. March 14, 1866, Oklahoma, USA; d. 1894; m. SAM LEE, 1885.
 iv. MARY V. CHISHOLM, b. January 01, 1868, Oklahoma, USA; d. March 30, 1946, Oklahoma, USA; m. WILLIAN VAUGHN COOKE, November 19, 1885.
 v. ALICE CHISHOLM, b. February 12, 1870, Oklahoma, USA; d. October 19, 1911; m. ALLEN STOKE ASBURY, September 14, 1890.
 vi. CORA ANN CHISHOLM, b. September 23, 1872, Oklahoma, USA; d. January 06, 1926; m. JOHN F. MCKEEL, November 25, 1898.
 vii. ESTELLE CHISHOLM, b. June 06, 1875, Oklahoma, USA; m. WILLIAM THOMAS WARD, December 23, 1896.
 viii. JULIA ANN CHISHOLM, b. January 15, 1878, Oklahoma, USA; m. DR. ALBERT E. DAVENPORT, September 11, 1899.
 ix. WILLIAM F. CHISHOLM, b. February 07, 1881, Oklahoma, USA; d. August 30, 1913.

15.  JENNIE CHISHOLM was born 1848.  She married (1)BUCK BEAVER.    She married (2) ALBERT HARPER.    She married (3) SAM DAVIS.

Children of JENNIE CHISHOLM and BUCK are:
 i. CORA , b. 1872.
 ii. LUCINDA , b. 1874.
 iii. FRANK , b. 1876.

Child of JENNIE CHISHOLM and ALBERT HARPER is:
 iv. ALFRED HARPER, b. 1883.

16.  FRANK (JESSE) CHISHOLM  was born Abt. 1855.  He married LUCY LITTLE BEAR.

Children of FRANK CHISHOLM and LUCY are:
 i. JESSE CHISHOLM, b. 1890.
 ii. NELLIE CHISHOLM, b. 1896.

17.  MARY CHISHOLM was born Abt. 1867.  She married JESSE COCHRAN.

Children of MARY CHISHOLM and JESSE COCHRAN are:
 i. ROCKY COCHRAN.
 ii. WALTER COCHRAN.

18.  ELIZABETH  CHISHOLM  was born October 20, 1841 in USA, and died October 10, 1926.  She married WILLIAM HENRY DOWNS, son of GEORGE DOWNS and REBECCA MCDONALD.  He was born April 29, 1837, and died July 25, 1916 in Warfordsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Notes for WILLIAM HENRY DOWNS:
William Henry Downs received a gunshot wound at the battle of Gettysburg, July, 1863. He later served with General Sherman on the March to the Sea and was said to have been greatly distressed by the burning of homes.

Children of ELIZABETH CHISHOLM and WILLIAM DOWNS are:
 i. HENRY MALVERN DOWNS.
 ii. ELLA SHILOH DOWNS.
 iii. WILLIAM ALLEN DOWNS.
 iv. GEORGE CALVIN DOWNS.
 v. MARY HENRIETTA DOWNS.
 vi. NEWTON THOMAS DOWNS.
 vii. DEVONA GERTRUDE DOWNS.
 viii. LENORA ELIZABETH DOWNS.
 ix. REED MCDONALD DOWNS, b. April 17, 1880, Warfordsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA; d. September 10, 1964, Warfordsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA; m. MARJORIE JEANNETTE BARNHART.

19.  CLARENCE CHISHOLM
 

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